#Philip Dudley

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Fans are gonna like this. It’ll be fun! There’s exciting stuff coming.

INSIDE BILLIONS SEASON 7

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the guys are very much enjoying the world cup

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ON THIS DAY - 27 October 1561

On This Day (27 Oct) 1561, Lady Mary Sidney, later Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, was born at Tickenhall Manor, Bewdley; the daughter of Sir Henry Sidney and his wife Mary Dudley.

At the time of her birth, father Henry had been appointed as Lord President of the Council in Wales, whilst mother Mary was a member of Elizabeth I's court, being a Gentlewoman of the Privy Council, and subsequent close confidant of the queen.

Mary was the younger sister of Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan soldier and poet, who famously composed 'Astrophel and Stella', said to be inspired by Lady Penelope Devereux, the stepdaughter of their uncle, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Along with her brother, she received a classical humanist education, including learning Latin, Greek, French and Italian, prior to attending court; their mother having contracted smallpox in 1562, leaving her permanently scarred and disfigured, subsequently restricting her own attendance at court.

By 1577, Mary had married Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, in a union arranged by her uncle Robert Dudley; this marriage, the third for the older Earl, produced 4 children, including sons William and Philip. William Shakespeare's 'First Folio, published in 1623, was dedicated to these "incomparable pair of brethren".

Mary herself was one of the most prolific female writers, translators and literary patrons in late 16th and early 17th England. She provided a base at her home Wilton House, near Salisbury, for the gathering of influential writers and poets of the day, including Edmund Spenser (author of 'The Faerie Queen' c.1590) and Samuel Daniel, later tutor to Lady Anne Clifford. Along with her husband, Mary also provided patronage to 'Pembroke's Men', one of the first companies to perform Shakespeare's and Christopher Marlow's work in the 1590s.

Mary died on 21 Sep 1621 in London of smallpox - the same illness from which her mother had suffered greatly from in 1562, whilst caring for the sick Elizabeth. Following a grand funeral held at St Paul's Cathedral, Mary's coffin was taken to Salisbury Cathedral, where she was interred in the vaults alongside her husband Henry Herbert (d.1601), and later joined by her two sons William (d.1630) and Philip (d.1649).

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Of family meetings and other lies

"Of family meetings and other lies", a review of Mike van Graan's 'My Fellow South Africans' at Theatre on the Square in Sandton until 2 September.

WITH an ‘eff you’ face, Kim Blanche Adonis in Mike van Graan’s My Fellow South Africans at Theatre on the Square until 2 September. Photograph by Philip Kuhn. THERE IS NOTHING quite like the anger of an articulate playwright to get the currents of electricity flowing through the veins of an audience. My Fellow South Africans by Mike van Graan charges up the levels of political satire with strong…

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Anniversary Tournament

Last year for Doctor Who's anniversary I ran a tournament between Doctor Who stories, and I wanted to so something different again this year. A tournament between real people important to the history of Doctor Who, actors, writers, producers, directors, composers, production designers. Technically it'll be a tournament for the most infuential person to Doctor Who and its development over the years, but really I want it to be a celebration of all of these people, and not just the winner.

To that end, the nomination form, you can also submit nominations normally, ie sending me an ask or replying to this post, however I won't be accepting propaganda through those methods.

I'm thinking I'll close nominations on the 18th of November, that might change but probably not by much

Current Nominations:

if green then at least one person has submitted propaganda for them

Actors

Billie Piper

Carole Ann Ford

Christopher Eccleston

Colin Baker

David Graham and Peter Hawkins

David Tennant

Freema Agyeman

India Fisher

Jacqueline Hill

Jodie Whittaker

John Simm

Jon Pertwee

Lisa Bowerman

Liz Sladen

Matt Smith

Ncuti Gatwa

Nicholas Courtney

Pat Gorman

Patrick Troughton

Paul McGann

Peter Capaldi

Peter Davison

Rodger Delgado

Sophie Aldred

Stuart Fell

Sylvester McCoy

Tom Baker

William Hartnell

William Russell

Composer

Delia Derbyshire

Dudley Simpson

Murray Gold

Paddy Kingsland

Peter Howell

Rob Harvey

Ron Grainer

Segun Akinola

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Designers

June Hudson

Peter Brachacki

Raymond Cusic

Directors

Christopher Barry

Graeme Harper

Paddy Russell

Rachel Talalay

Richard Martin

Waris Hussein

Fandom

Marnal Gate

TARDIS wiki creator

The Audience

Craig Ferguson

Producers

Barry Letts

Graham Williams

John Nathan Turner

Philip Hinchcliffe

Verity Lambert

Writers (including script editors and showrunners)

Alan Moore

Anthony Coburn

Chris Chibnall

David Whittaker

Donald Wilson

Douglas Adams

Eric Saward

Gerry Davis

Grant Morrison

John Lucarotti

Johnathan Blum

Justine Richards

Kate Orman

Kit Pedler

Lance Parkin

Lawrence Miles

Marc Platt

Paul Cornell

Robert Holmes

Robert Shearman

Rona Munro

Russell T Davies

Steven Moffatt

Terrance Dicks

Terry Nation

Other/impossible to categorise

all the thousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

Michael Grade (BBC higherup who hated doctor who so so much)

Peter Cregeen (actually cancelled Doctor Who)

Sydney Newman

Nicholas Briggs

Gary Russell

John F Kennedy

Sue from Catering

The real historical figures who've appeared in the show

Shakespeare

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ab. 1595-1605 English School - Portrait of an Explorer, probably Sir Robert Dudley

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Wyatt Rebellion

The Wyatt Rebellion of January-February 1554 CE saw Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger lead a group of several thousand Kent rebels in a march on London with the primary aim of preventing Mary I of England (r. 1553-1558 CE) from marrying Spain's Prince Philip (l. 1527-1598 CE). There was, too, the secondary aim - never openly declared - of replacing Mary with her younger half-sister Elizabeth Tudor (b. Sep. 1533 CE). The rebels were also motivated by the fall in living standards in England caused by inflation, food shortages, the decline in trade (especially of cloth), and several waves of deadly epidemics. The rebellion failed thanks to Mary's armed response and a general lack of support from the people of London. The leaders, including Wyatt, were executed and so was Mary's cousin Lady Jane Grey (b. Oct. 1537 CE) just in case she became a figurehead for future rebellions. For the same reason, Elizabeth was detained in the Tower of London. Mary then went on to vehemently persecute her enemies whom she identified as Protestant heretics, thereby earning her lasting nickname 'Bloody Mary'.

Mary I's Succession

Mary I of England had succeeded her brother Edward VI of England (r. 1547-1553 CE), although she had almost been the victim of a coup d'etat in July 1553 CE when John Dudley, the Earl of Northumberland (l. 1504-1553 CE) tried to install Mary's cousin Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554 CE) as queen. Lady Jane was Protestant and Mary Catholic so that each represented the interests of the two sides which had split England ever since Mary's father Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) had separated the Church in England from Rome and the Pope. As it turned out, the vast majority of nobles and the commoners preferred to honour Henry VIII's wish that Mary succeed Edward if he were without children. Legitimacy and direct ties of royal blood triumphed over any religious considerations. However, Mary convinced herself that her initial popularity was because she proposed to return her kingdom to Catholicism by reversing the English Reformation that had been ongoing under her two predecessors, starting with the First Act of Repeal of 1553 CE; she had, thought Mary, been chosen by both the people and God. However, the air of optimism that had surrounded Mary's succession was soon to become fouled by the treacherous stench of rebellion.

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"Beyond all this, and quite aside from the possibility that early in life the two had formed a bond of which we have been left no record, Elizabeth had reason to regard Dudley as a kindred spirit. Although the Duke of Northumberland died professing himself a Catholic, all his offspring embraced evangelical Protestantism. The male Dudleys who had not been executed were still being held in the Tower when Wyatt’s Rebellion led to Elizabeth’s confinement there. The experience, which for Elizabeth and Robert alike included the very real possibility of execution, gave them a profoundly memorable experience in common. Both were ultimately saved by the intercession of Philip after his arrival from Spain, Elizabeth as a safeguard against Mary Stuart, Dudley and his brothers because of their stature among England’s warrior elite and Philip’s wish for influential friends. Both remained deep in the political wilderness, however, as long as Queen Mary remained alive. The properties bestowed on her in her father’s will had made Elizabeth rich, and during Mary’s reign she was an inherently important personage as heir presumptive, but her life was quiet except for those moments of near-terror occasioned by official suspicion that she was involved in plots against the queen. Dudley, his conviction for treason set aside thanks to Philip’s intervention, settled into the peaceful existence of a country gentleman." - The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer

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Ages of English Queens at First Marriage

I have only included women whose birth dates and dates of marriage are known within at least 1-2 years, therefore, this is not a comprehensive list. For this reason, women such as Philippa of Hainault and Anne Boleyn have been omitted.

This list is composed of Queens of England when it was a sovereign state, prior to the Acts of Union in 1707. Using the youngest possible age for each woman, the average age at first marriage was 17.

Eadgifu (Edgiva/Ediva) of Kent, third and final wife of Edward the Elder: age 17 when she married in 919 CE

Ælfthryth (Alfrida/Elfrida), second wife of Edgar the Peaceful: age 19/20 when she married in 964/965 CE

Emma of Normandy, second wife of Æthelred the Unready: age 18 when she married in 1002 CE

Ælfgifu of Northampton, first wife of Cnut the Great: age 23/24 when she married in 1013/1014 CE

Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor: age 20 when she married in 1045 CE

Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror: age 20/21 when she married in 1031/1032 CE

Matilda of Scotland, first wife of Henry I: age 20 when she married in 1100 CE

Adeliza of Louvain, second wife of Henry I: age 18 when she married in 1121 CE

Matilda of Boulogne, wife of Stephen: age 20 when she married in 1125 CE

Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, HRE, and later Geoffrey V of Anjou: age 12 when she married Henry in 1114 CE

Eleanor of Aquitaine, first wife of Louis VII of France and later Henry II of England: age 15 when she married Louis in 1137 CE

Isabella of Gloucester, first wife of John Lackland: age 15/16 when she married John in 1189 CE

Isabella of Angoulême, second wife of John Lackland: between the ages of 12-14 when she married John in 1200 CE

Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III: age 13 when she married Henry in 1236 CE

Eleanor of Castile, first wife of Edward I: age 13 when she married Edward in 1254 CE

Margaret of France, second wife of Edward I: age 20 when she married Edward in 1299 CE

Isabella of France, wife of Edward II: age 13 when she married Edward in 1308 CE

Anne of Bohemia, first wife of Richard II: age 16 when she married Richard in 1382 CE

Isabella of Valois, second wife of Richard II: age 6 when she married Richard in 1396 CE

Joanna of Navarre, wife of John IV of Brittany, second wife of Henry IV: age 18 when she married John in 1386 CE

Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V: age 19 when she married Henry in 1420 CE

Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI: age 15 when she married Henry in 1445 CE

Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Sir John Grey and later Edward IV: age 15 when she married John in 1452 CE

Anne Neville, wife of Edward of Lancaster and later Richard III: age 14 when she married Edward in 1470 CE

Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII: age 20 when she married Henry in 1486 CE

Catherine of Aragon, wife of Arthur Tudor and later Henry VIII: age 15 when she married Arthur in 1501 CE

Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII: age 24 when she married Henry in 1536 CE

Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII: age 25 when she married Henry in 1540 CE

Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII: age 17 when she married Henry in 1540 CE

Jane Grey, wife of Guildford Dudley: age 16/17 when she married Guildford in 1553 CE

Mary I, wife of Philip II of Spain: age 38 when she married Philip in 1554 CE

Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI & I: age 15 when she married James in 1589 CE

Henrietta Maria of France, wife of Charles I: age 16 when she married Charles in 1625 CE

Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II: age 24 when she married Charles in 1662 CE

Anne Hyde, first wife of James II & VII: age 23 when she married James in 1660 CE

Mary of Modena, second wife of James II & VII: age 15 when she married James in 1673 CE

Mary II of England, wife of William III: age 15 when she married William in 1677 CE

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The Universal Classic Monsters Collection will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) in digibook packaging on October 3 via Universal. Designed by Tristan Eaton, the eight-disc set is limited to 5,500.

It includes 1931's Dracula, 1931’s Frankenstein, 1932’s The Mummy, 1933’s The Invisible Man, 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein, 1941’s The Wolf Man, 1943’s Phantom of the Opera, and 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon.

All eight films are presented in 4K with HDR10. The Spanish version of Dracula is also included. Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.

Dracula is directed by Tod Browning (Freaks) and written by Garrett Fort (Frankenstein), based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan star.

Dracula special features:

Alternate score version by Philip Glass

Dracula (1931) Spanish version directed by George Melford

The Road to Dracula

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

Dracula: The Restoration

Dracula Archives

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.

Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (The Indivisible Man) and written by Garrett Fort (Dracula) and Francis Edward Faragoh (Little Caesar), based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff star.

Frankenstein special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Audio commentary by historian Sir Christopher Frayling

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made A Monster

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Universal Horror

Frankenstein Archives

Boo!: A Short Film

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.

The Mummy is directed by Karl Freund (Dracula) and written by John L. Balderston (Dracula). Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, and Arthur Byron star.

The Mummy special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Paul M. Jensen

Audio commentary by Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns, and Brent Armstrong

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

Unraveling the Legacy of The Mummy

The Mummy Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era

Trailer gallery

An Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes is his long-lost princess.

The Invisible Man is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by R.C. Sherriff (Goodbye, Mr. Chips), based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel. Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Harrigan, Dudley Digges, and Una O'Connor star.

The Invisible Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters

Trailer gallery

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

The Bride of Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by William Hurlbut. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Elsa Lanchester star.

The Bride of Frankenstein special features: 

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

She’s Alive! Creating The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride Of Frankenstein Archive

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

The Wolf Man is directed by George Waggner (Operation Pacific) and written by Curt Siodmak (I Walked with a Zombie). Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Jr. star.

The Wolf Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Monster by Moonlight

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr.

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

The Wolf Man Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

Phantom of the Opera is directed by Arthur Lubin and written by Eric Taylor (The Ghost of Frankenstein) and Samuel Hoffenstein (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, and Edgar Barrier star.

Phantom of the Opera special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Theatrical trailer

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy’s career.

Creature from the Black Lagoon is directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man) and written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell star.

Creature from the Black Lagoon special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Back to the Black Lagoon

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

A group of scientists try to capture a prehistoric creature luring in the depths of the Amazonian jungle and bring it back to civilization for study.

Pre-order Universal Classic Monsters Collection.

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I’m sorry Jill Armitage but I disagree.

I don’t think Elizabeth was envious that Mary had a son.

Elizabeth fought AGAINST marriage over and over. Because she wished to rule her country herself. She would not let anyone else do it.

And let’s be perfectly honest, if she truly wished to marry Robert Dudley, she would have. Her father married her mother against the wishes or some of his advisers. Mary, her sister married Philip against her advisers advice.

Elizabeth could have done the same.

She didn’t.

Perhaps because she didn’t wish to be married.

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why were we always cursed to have incompetent or short-lived rulers who realised that a personal union with france was a bad idea? like, does nobody grasp that henry v's Genius Plan to be king of france would've imploded at some point down the line regardless of who was on the throne? the england/north sea empire period was unstable at best, and who's ever heard of king sweyn? the england/normandy union collapsed literally the moment william the conqueror died, and though it was repaired a few times, normandy pretty much ping-ponged between plantagenets until philip ii finally got it to stay in france. aquitaine hung around for a bit longer, but it too was eventually lost. does anyone remember that time mary i married a king and it went to shit? does anyone remember that time mary ii married a not-quite-a-king and it also went to shit? england is part of an island, separated from europe. the channel is a dangerous crossing without modern technology. the only personal unions that ever stood a chance were with other parts of the british isles! that henry vi was a disaster was really tangential to his reign in france being a disaster, because ruling france has quite famously never gone well for england. let's all say thank you to the people like john dudley and henry vi who noticed that ruling france was a ludicrously bad idea, no matter how dreadful they may have been, fuck you to the people like edward iii and henry viii who decided ruling france was a good idea, and well done to henry vii. henry vii decided to hedge his bets and simply con france out of its money whilst maintaining the appearance of investment. this is how you deal with france. be like henry vii.

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Provenance mysteries: Tre discorsi

The first provenance mystery of 2024 features Alessandro Farra’s Tre discorsi, printed in Padua in 1564. The book’s three discourses are: Discorso de’miracoli d’amore (of the miracle of love);  Discorso della divinita dell’huomo (of the divinity of man); Discorso dell’ufficio del capitano (of the captain’s office).

As can be seen on the title page, the book was possibly acquired from, or by, ‘Giaco. Casteluetri’ for 20d. That’s 20 pence in old money. The book is heavily annotated, in a very small, cramped hand, but contemporary to the book: sixteenth century. The marginalia seem to be mostly in English, but the handwriting is difficult to read, and the book was unfortunately trimmed when it was rebound. Two examples are included below.

The ‘tre discorsi’ that the book treats are love, human beings, and the command of troops. It is bound with a second book, by Torquato Tasso: an apology for his own Gierusalemme liberate, a ‘heroic poem’ that fictionalised ‘the vicissitudes of several leading historical figures from the First Crusade.’.

This sammelband volume forms part of the Robert Ashley bequest of 1641, and the owner/seller on the title page could be Giacomo Castelvetro (1546-1616). Castelvetro was an Italian exile in London, originally from Modena, who travelled extensively. Castelvetro had converted to Protestanism, and enjoyed the protection of Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Chistopher Hatton, and Sir Philip Sidney. He taught Italian to notable students in the sixteenth-century. Castelvetro is perhaps best known for his book on Italian fruits and vegetables, The fruit, herbs, and vegetables of Italy (1614).

The handwriting on the title page is not that of Robert Ashley, but it is reasonable to suggest that the two men knew each another. Christopher Hatton’s nephew, Sir William Hatton, was a patron of Ashley’s. Additionally, Castelvetro worked with John Wolfe (d. 1601), the publisher of a variety of political works in the sixteenth-century, and the publisher of two of Robert Ashley’s own translations: A comparison of the English and Spanish nation (1589) and L’Uranie ou muse celeste de G. de Saluste Seigneur du Bartas (1589). Like Ashley, Castelvetro had an interest in books, and was known to have attended the famous Frankfurt bookfair in 1586. According to Trecanni, the Italian biographical dictionary, Castelvetro also met Orazio Pallavicino while there. Ashley had a connection to Pallavicino and was intended to succeed him in a diplomatic position in 1590. Dudley Carleton, whom Ashley also knew, assisted Castelvetro in 1611, when he fell foul of the Inquisition.

As ever, if you recognise this hand or have further comments please get in touch: library@middletemple.org.uk.

Renae Satterley

Librarian

January 2024